{DIY French Memo Board}

Here's an interesting piece of mini-project.

Wanted to make a French Memo Board for my Chinese-French nephew.

For those who have time to make from scratch, it's not too difficult actually.

Materials
If you prefer something light: Styrofoam Board (From Daiso) or
If you prefer something sturdy: Canvas Board (From any art shop, Spotlight or ikea.)
Staple Gun (From Spotlight)
3M Valcro Tape (From Giant)
Fabric for Background of Board (From Spotlight)
Hot Glue (From spotlight)
Ribbons (Ribbon shop at Arab Street)
Buttons (From everywhere)
And any other embelishments (Scrapbook shops)

1. Cut the fabric so that it is about 3 inches bigger than your board.

2. Lay the fabric flat on the table. Centralise your board on the fabric.

3. Staple gun the fabric onto the board.

4. Beautfy your board according to your prefernce. Add emblishments.

It should look like this:

4. Turn that into a French Memo Board by simply adding ribbons to form diamonds on the board.Make sure the ribbons are secure and tight, so that it can hold your photos and notes. Create the diamond sizes according to your preference.

5. Staple gun the ends of the ribbons to the back of the board.

6. Gun the meeting points of the ribbons at the front of the Board.

7. Hot glue buttons to cover the staple at the front of the board and to add dimensions. I prefer to use hot glue because they stick better.

It should look like this.
(This French Memo Board is not created by me, I bought it ready-made (Plain cream background with light yellow ribbons) because I didn't have time to make one from scratch.

But if you wish to make one from scratch, simply follow the above instructions (I made normal memo boards from scratch) and follow through instructions 5-7. You should end up with a French Memo Board.

To the plain looking ready-made french memo board, I added all the different ribbons and embelishment to spice up the look). Since the french board below is ready made, I couldn't choose the fabric for the background. Instead, I used patterned paper to create the look I wanted and slipped it under the ribbons. These are not permenantly stuck down, you can change them as and when you like :)

I sewed my very own Acorn Buttons (Learnt from Yin during the class organised by The Scrapbook Carton. It's really messy behind and the point where it is joined to the heart, but I sewed it anyway ha ha ha...

7. I love to use 3M velcro tapes. The do not damage your surfaces and are easy to apply. Stick the velcro tapes onto the back of the board, remove the double side stickers, position on wall and push it on :) Wala!